Summary
New Orleans’ gun buyback program, organized by nonprofit Unchained Realities, offers PlayStation 5 consoles in exchange for functional firearms.
Aimed at improving public safety amid Louisiana’s looser gun laws, the initiative collected 94 guns over six months.
The program ties gun removal to youth engagement by promoting gaming education and career pathways.
Critics argue buybacks have limited impact on crime, but organizers emphasize community engagement and believe even small successes, like preventing one crime, make a difference.
Louisiana’s relaxed gun laws and stricter sentencing have intensified debates on public safety strategies.
Completely pointless? No. They reduce the ridiculous excess of guns in this country and reduce the odds of little timmy grabbing his dad’s assault rifle because the safe was too full. Or, because we pretend the real problem is black crimninals, Jamal robbing timmy’s dad and timmy’s dad never even noticing he is missing twelve glocks.
That said: it is indeed still something that only really impacts Responsible Gun Owners™ who generally only have two or three loaded firearms laying around the house rather than twenty.
That said: Buyback programs PLUS actual gun control would go a long way.
Two or Three loaded guns around the house? How about zero loaded guns? That seems a bit more responsible.
Shouldn’t be an issue for Timmy to grab the AR because the ammo is all locked up in the safe. Guns are big. Ammo is small and easy to lock up.